{{short description|Japanese fashion model (born 1984)}} {{Infobox model | name = Jessica Michibata | image = Jessica Celeste Michibata (cropped).jpg | caption = Jessica Michibata (2012) | birth_place = Fukui, Japan | spouse = {{unbulleted list | {{marriage|Jenson Button|2014|2015|end=div}} | {{marriage|Ken Kao|2016}} }} | height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}}<ref name="measurements">{{cite web|url=http://www.tanabe-agency.co.jp/talent/jessica_michibata/ |title=田辺エジェンシ 道端 |access-date=2008-03-06 |publisher=Tanabe Agency |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220013327/http://www.tanabe-agency.co.jp/talent/jessica_michibata/ |archive-date=2008-02-20 }}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|21}} |children = 1|birth_name=Jessica Celeste Michibata}}
'''Jessica Michibata''' (born '''Jessica Celeste Michibata'''; October 21, 1984)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2860169/bio |title=Jessica Michibata - Biography |website=IMDb |access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref> is a Japanese fashion model. She is the author of ''I Love Being Me'', a book about self acceptance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rowley |first=Frankie |date=January 19, 2022 |title=NABU and Model Jessica Michibata Release Children's Book 'I Love Being Me' |url=https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop-culture/nabu-jessica-michibata-release-childrens-book |website=L'officiel}}</ref>
==Personal life== Michibata was born in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, to a Japanese mother and an Argentine father of Spanish and Italian descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/glamour-girl-jessica-michibata-in-demand |title=Glamour girl Jessica Michibata makes the right moves |date=29 October 2008 |publisher=Japan Today}}</ref>
Michibata was married to British Formula One driver Jenson Button. They married in Hawaii in December 2014.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|date=1 January 2015|title=Formula 1's Jenson Button marries Jessica Michibata|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30647574|accessdate=1 January 2015}}</ref> They divorced after one year of marriage.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/formula-one/f1-jenson-button-amicably-splits-from-wife-jessica-after-one-year-of-marriage/news-story/c75ac88f468423f54e36c84d7b775bb0|title=Jenson Button 'amicably' splits from wife Jessica after one year of marriage|publisher= News Ltd|work= News.Com.Au|date= 23 December 2015|accessdate= 23 December 2015}}</ref>
Michibata is married to film producer Ken Kao.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Damewood |first=Cassie |title=Son of Billionaire GPS Titan Scores Sleek $22.5 Million Beverly Hills Mansion |url=https://dornob.com/son-of-billionaire-gps-titan-scores-sleek-22-5-million-beverly-hills-mansion/ |website=Dornob}}</ref> She gave birth to their child in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-25 |title=道端ジェシカ、第１子出産を報告…予定日より３週間早く母子同じ誕生日に : スポーツ報知 |url=http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20171025-OHT1T50093.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025022719/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20171025-OHT1T50093.html |archive-date=25 October 2017 }}</ref>
==Advertisements== * Michibata was a brand ambassador for TAG Heuer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tagheuer.com/int-en/jessica-michibata |title=Brand Ambassadors: Jessica Michibata |publisher=Tag Heuer |work=Tag Heuer Online |access-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324172336/http://www.tagheuer.com/int-en/jessica-michibata |archive-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101031050013/http%3A//blog.honeyee.com/jessica/ |title=Official blog |date=2010-10-31}} * {{Twitter}} * {{Facebook|Jessybondgirl}} * {{Commons category-inline}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Michibata, Jessica}} Category:Japanese female models Category:Japanese people of Argentine descent Category:Japanese people of Italian descent Category:Japanese people of Spanish descent Category:Living people Category:Models from Fukui Prefecture Category:1984 births